Astylus
{{Short description|Genus of beetles}}
{{about|the genus of beetles|the ancient Greek Olympic victor|Astylos of Croton|the mythological centaur the poet Ovid calls "Astylus"|Asbolus|the character in Greek pastoral literature|Daphnis and Chloe}}
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| image = Astylus atromaculatus Coetze4.jpg
| image_caption = Astylus atromaculatus
| taxon = Astylus
| authority = Laporte, 1836
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File:Astylus gayi (8389029764).jpg
Astylus is a genus of beetles in the family Melyridae. More than 110 species have been described in Astylus. They are found in Central and South America.
One species, Astylus atromaculatus, known as the spotted maize beetle, is indigenous to Argentina and neighbouring countries, but has been accidentally imported into the warmer regions of South Africa, where it has become an invasive crop pest.{{cite book |author1=Annecke, D. R. |author2=Moran, V. C. |title=Insects and mites of cultivated plants in South Africa |publisher=Butterworths |location=London |year=1982 |pages= |isbn=0-409-08398-4 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}Van den Berg, J., Torto, B., Pickett, J. A., Smart, L. E., Wadhams, L. J. and Woodcock, C. M. 2008. Influence of visual and olfactory cues on field trapping of the pollen beetle, Astylus atromaculatus (Col.: Melyridae). Journal of Applied Entomology 132(6): 490 – 496.
Selected species
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- Astylus antis
- Astylus atromaculatus
- Astylus aulicus
- Astylus bonplandi
- Astylus bourgeoisi
- Astylus cyanerythrus
- Astylus forcipatus
- Astylus gayi
- Astylus lebasi
- Astylus octopustulatus
- Astylus quadrilineatus
- Astylus rubripennis
- Astylus sexmaculatus
- Astylus trifasciatus
- Astylus variegatus
- Astylus vittaticollis
- Astylus vittatus
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References
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{{Cite web| title=Astylus
| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/3264022
| website=GBIF
| accessdate=2020-03-22
}}
{{Cite journal
| title = A contribution to the genus Astylus Laporte de Castelnau, 1836, in Ecuador, with descriptions of three new species (Coleoptera, Melyridae)
| date = 2011
| last1 = Constantin | first1 = Robert
| journal = Entomologica Basiliensia et Collectionis Frey
| volume = 33
| url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277012785
}}
{{Cite journal
| title = Notes on various species of the American genus Astylus, Cast., with descriptions of their sexual characters [Coleoptera]
| date = 1918
| last1 = Champion | first1 = George Charles
| journal = Annals and Magazine of Natural History
| series = 9| volume = 2| issue = 10
| pages = 337–367
| doi = 10.1080/00222931808562378
}}
{{Cite journal
| title = Molecular phylogenetics of the melyrid lineage (Coleoptera: Cleroidea)
| date = 2011
| last1 = Bocakova | first1 = M.
| last2 = Constantin | first2 = R.
| last3 = Bocak | first3 = L.
| journal = Cladistics
| volume = 28| issue = 2
| pages = 117–129
| doi = 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2011.00368.x
| pmid = 34861761
| s2cid = 84573298
| doi-access = free
}}
}}
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